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Backwards American flags?
Posted: 2004-04-25 06:22am
by Gandalf
On the news of a night, whenever I see shots of American soldiers in Iraq. Oftentimes I see the US flag patch on their shoulders in backwards.
Is this just odd TV reversing the images? Or is there an actual reason?
Posted: 2004-04-25 06:54am
by Dargos
ok. the flag is shown "backwards" to symbolize that the flag is always moving forward.
Place a flag on a pole and run with it. the flag will fly the same way as it is shown on the uniform. The stars forward strips trailing.
Posted: 2004-04-25 11:41am
by phongn
The blue starfield must be in the "forward" direction.
Posted: 2004-04-25 10:12pm
by jenat-lai
Same on aircraft.
so if the nose is -> that way, the flag will be
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